• Learn from a master papermaker the finer points of the handmade processes and how to produce production-grade paper in Eastern, Western, and experimental styles and techniques utilizing a wide array of fibers.

Volunteer

Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory - Cleveland, OH

August 2017 - Present

• Help with any "oddball stuff" that needs to be done with regard to production papermaking, workshops/events, and general facility upkeep

• Worked with the Conservation Unit to design, perform, and analyze results of a large-scale, random sample condition survey of the Rare Book Collection of approximately 200,000 printed volumes held in the Special Collections Research Center

• The information gathered in this survey will aid in determining the overall health of this collection, planning future conservation projects, and fundraising for the Library’s conservation program

• Led the creation process of a digital finding aid using CollectiveAccess• Serials circulation: check-in and route serials to Shedd employees using Horizon ILS• Copy and original cataloging of rare/archival materials as well as the circulating collection in OCLC• Archival processing: rehousing, arrangement, and description

• Acted as liaison between users and IT support staff; participated in DAM system maintenance and testing• Assisted in taxonomy creation and documentation of global market items• Created links to indicate relationships between assets• Ensured long-term usability of assets through quality metadata creation and application• Maintained usage rights metadata throughout asset lifecycle

Stacks Management Assistant

Center for Research Libraries - Chicago, IL

April - November 2013

• Processed interlibrary loan requests for the CRL consortium• Performed article-level retrieval from a collection of over five million items• Light preservation work on decaying and at-risk materials• Applied descriptive metadata to resources with a firm grasp of bibliographic information/enumeration

• Performed catalog record corrections and physical processing of new materials for serials collections using Millennium

An intensive training program tailored to cultural heritage workflows. Focused on both Capture One software and professional imaging hardware. Curriculum included: configuration, setup, workflow and troubleshooting techniques for Phase One backs, computers, and DTDCH Capture Solutions. Capture One teaching focused on workflow efficiency and advanced tools.

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX

Book History Workshop | May, 2016

One of the most complete and intensive hands-on explorations of handpress book production available

Explored the idea of "empirical bibliography" through activities such as paper making, type casting and setting, printing on a period-accurate common press, and more